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Celebration of the autumnal equinox

  Tue, Oct 06 2009, 16:45

Have you hugged your tree today? If not, there's still time. Veteran peace and environmental activist Jerry Rubin is calling on people everywhere to celebrate this year's autumnal equinox by hugging a tree. To get the ball rolling, he's leading a mass tree hug at noon Tuesday at the Children's Tree of Life in Palisades Park, near the Santa Monica Pier. The famously liberal city's mayor, Ken Genser, is endorsing the event. Rubin says hugging trees not only relieves stress but also takes back the title "tree hugger" from those who would make it a term of ridicule. He says it also reminds people of the importance of trees to the environment. Pagans believe that the fall season began with Lammas on Aug. 1, along with the First Harvest, as we have adopted the ancient Celtic calendar. Mabon is the Pagan's Thanksgiving, a time to appreciate and give thanks to the Goddess for her bounty and to share in the joys of the harvest at hand, and reap the fruits of... http://allcurrenthotnews.com/?p=949

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